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...Told from the perspective of beauty queen Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), with whom Elvis spent the last years of his life, it’s a mushy tale of burning but doomed love as Linda can’t stop Elvis chowing...
...Linda McKinney wells up when she talks about the closure of the Walmart supercentre in McDowell County, West Virginia....
...The Anatomy of Fashion: Why We Dress the Way We Do, by Colin McDowell, Phaidon, RRP£59.95 / $100 The human body is at the heart of this weighty thesis on fashion, covering the development of dress over...
...Ways of Going Home, by Alejandro Zambra, translated by Megan McDowell, Granta, RRP£12.99, 160 pages A slim but thrilling novel from one of Chile’s outstanding young writers....
...We Had It So Good, by Linda Grant, Virago, RRP£14.99, 352 pages Clothing, the Holocaust, immigration and the sexual freedom of women have been the mainstays of Linda Grant’s fiction....
...Linda Thompson provided her daughter Kamilla with backing vocals for some fine, rocky songs before offering a humorous music hall number – but forgot to sing Collins’ request....
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